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Origin and popularity of the name HEY

Origin

Hey : 1: English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): variant of Hay.2: Dutch: variant mostly Americanized (or archaic) and Flemish of Heij a topographic name for someone who lived on a heath Dutch hei heide.3: German: metonymic occupational name for a grower or mower of grass from Middle High German höu ‘grass hay’.4: North German East Frisian and Dutch: from an ancient Germanic personal name formed with hag ‘fence enclosure’ as the first element.5: South German: occupational name from Middle High German heie ‘ranger warden guard’ or a topographic name from Middle High German haie ‘protected wood’.

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Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
FANBI : The Oxford Dictionary if Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ©2016, University of the West of England

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Geographic distribution of the 13,533 individuals with the name HEY on Geneanet.

 

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    Variants of name HEY

    HEYL HEIL HEIJL HYLE YEYL YEHL JEYLH JEILH